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Router Drones to Deliver Wifi From the Sky

Military personnel already use unmanned drones for spying on areas from above, but Wired’s Danger Room reports that soon they’ll also be using them for a less exciting but just as important task: wireless networking. AeroVironment, a company that makes unmanned aerial vehicles, has been working on making router drones, planes that can fly around…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Hong Kong Fiber Optic Rates Prove Verizon’s FiOS is a Rip-Off

While Verizon is out aggressively trying to sell the country on their FiOS fiber optic web connection packages, which range from $40 per month for 5Mbps to 30Mbps for $180 (extra for TV and phone service!), Hong Kong residents can now enjoy their own fiber optic connections from Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited… which happen…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Product Spam Makes Tech Shopping Confusing, Painful

Canon sells seven different Digital Elphs, 9 different A-series cameras and 15 different all-in-one printers. Samsung’s US website lists 31 LCD TVs—plus another nine plasmas. Garmin currently promotes 32 different models of in-car portable GPS navigator. I’m sick of writing up 14 products from one company that all sound the same, and I’m sick of…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman

Gigashot A100 Series is Small, Full HD Camcorder from Toshiba

Here’s a full-frontal of one of Toshiba’s Gigashot A100 Full HD camcorders. The A100F has a 1.8-inch HDD with capacity of 100GB, while her younger sister, the A40F has, yep, 40GB on hers. But they both give you 1920 1080 resolution in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format. They’re out in Japan mid-November, a month after the less…

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Official Launch of Samsung’s ArmaniPhone in Milan

It’s not the first time we’ve seen Samsung’s Armani phone, but its official unveiling happened in Milan yesterday, following Giorgio’s runway show. The credit-card-sized phone is 10.5 mm wide, has haptic feedback and will be on sale in Europe from November. An Armani-Samsung Casa LCD TV is to follow in January. Stats, pricing and more…

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Bicycle for Two Seats Riders Next to Each Other

Bicycles built for two seem like they’d be romantic, but how do you decide who gets to sit in front? It’s clearly the better position, as you get a view of the open road rather than of your bikemate’s sweaty back. That’s why this strange mutant two-person bike makes sense… sort of. I mean, it…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Ramen Fan: The 10-Year Anniversary

The ramen fan is probably as old as some of you readers out there, but we’ll call it the 10th anniversary of this thing and give it a go anyway. I enjoy a nice hot cup of cup ramen every morning (not the best ramen, but I’m lazy), so having a fan cool down my…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Chilean Antarctic Habitat Makes Living at the Bottom of the Earth Downright Homey

The Chilean Air Force developed special housing designs for when they hoof it down to Antarctica. Since Antarctica is really, really cold, they couldn’t just set up regular tents and buildings. Instead, they designed this sweet custom research station. It consists of a long tube hallway with connecting modules that house dining areas, meeting rooms,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Lockheed Martin Developing ‘Maple Seed’ Flying Cameras

The Pentagon is giving the war profiteers over at Lockheed Martin a nice chunk of change to develop a spy camera modeled after a maple seed. Loaded up with two rockets, the wee, single-winged camera would be used in large clusters over war zones, capturing loads of imagery to give a complete picture of a…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

World’s Smallest Micro-Camcorder Makes Your Voyeuristic Pleasure Its Command

We’re not exactly sure what kind of evidence you’ll be gathering with this so-called “world’s smallest” micro camcorder. But whatever that is, you’d better get ‘er done in two hours, because that’s how long its battery lasts. You can see how tiny this thing is—small enough to literally pull out of your ass—but despite its…

Gadgets Charlie White

How to Make a Human Flipbook from 150 T-Shirts

Sub company Erbert & Gerbert was looking for a cheaper way to advertise its food than the usual $365,000 that’s usually needed to film a commercial. And this is what they came up with. Cool and clever. [Human Flipbook via Fresh Creation]

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The Ultimate Gadget Lover Takes Pics of Same Vending Machine Daily for Two Years

If you ever wake up in the morning and think: “Every day is just the same old same old,” then maybe you need to look at Ryuuichi Terada’s blog. Entitled “I Take a Picture of the Same Vending Machine Every Day (or so). I’m Very Sorry,” the Sapporo-based man has spent the past two years…

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This is What 1GB of Storage Looks Like Now and 20 Years Ago

How times change, eh? Clicky for bigger. [Best Pic Ever via Spluch]

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Next Generation of Spy Cameras Could be Launched from Shotguns

Super-expensive surveillance cams in danger spots could soon be a thing of the past. Researchers at DARPA have been experimenting with cheapo-cheapo cameras that are tough enough either to be shot into position or dropped from a high-altitude aircraft. And when you think about today’s ever-shrinking technology, how difficult would it be to design a…

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Kaleidolight Gives your Wall Ringworm

Designed by Ali Ganjavian, the Kaleidolight uses the light conduction of glass tubes to connect the outside wall with the inside. Each module consists of a clear glass cylinder with aluminum lid inside a Teflon-lined aluminum tube that you insert into the outside wall. You can see a pic of one of the modules after…

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Salmon Sperm Make for Better LEDs

Andrew Steckl, a photonics expert from the University of Cincinnatti, has discovered that salmon sperm makes for better LEDs. He came to this disgusting discovery from analyzing biological materials and coming to the conclusion that DNA serves as a better material for intensifying LED properties. The best part: the fishing industry just throws away this…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Design: Kineticel, the Human Powered Battery Charger

One of the ideas submitted to the Next Generation competition featured in Metropolis Magazine was this Kinetic Energy-harnessing battery charger by Yael Miller. The concept is to take something we’re already doing—such as working out, flopping around in a baby rocker, vacuuming, or flushing the toilet—add the piezoelectric effect, and come out with batteries that…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Ferrari Racing GPS Pocket PC from Acer has Navteq Maps

Acer announced today another product in its hook-up with Ferrari: a pocket PC with GPS that includes the latest Navteq maps, and a feature called Powerful Trip Planning, that even shows you Ferrari Points of Interest, like Ferrari dealers and museums. Full specs below. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity 122 grams 58 x 108 x 16.8…

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Cell Makers Agree on a Single Charging Plug

Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, LG, and Nokia have agreed to use micro USB as a charging-plug standard for phones. Your days of buying a bagful of accessories every time you switch phones have come to an end. Well, not quite. You will still have to toss out all your mini USB chargers, as this decision…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman

19-inch Monitor from Samsung Connects to your PC via USB

New from Samsung is the CX940UX, a 19-inch monitor that you can connect to your PC via USB. From the Syncmaster range, it’s got all sorts of tricks up its sleeve, such as being able to control up to six further monitors linked to your computer. You can forget about needing extra graphics cards or…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Router Drones to Deliver Wifi From the Sky

Hong Kong Fiber Optic Rates Prove Verizon’s FiOS is a Rip-Off

Product Spam Makes Tech Shopping Confusing, Painful

Gigashot A100 Series is Small, Full HD Camcorder from Toshiba

Official Launch of Samsung’s ArmaniPhone in Milan

Bicycle for Two Seats Riders Next to Each Other

Ramen Fan: The 10-Year Anniversary

Chilean Antarctic Habitat Makes Living at the Bottom of the Earth Downright Homey

Lockheed Martin Developing ‘Maple Seed’ Flying Cameras

World’s Smallest Micro-Camcorder Makes Your Voyeuristic Pleasure Its Command

How to Make a Human Flipbook from 150 T-Shirts

The Ultimate Gadget Lover Takes Pics of Same Vending Machine Daily for Two Years

This is What 1GB of Storage Looks Like Now and 20 Years Ago

Next Generation of Spy Cameras Could be Launched from Shotguns

Kaleidolight Gives your Wall Ringworm

Salmon Sperm Make for Better LEDs

Design: Kineticel, the Human Powered Battery Charger

Ferrari Racing GPS Pocket PC from Acer has Navteq Maps

Cell Makers Agree on a Single Charging Plug

19-inch Monitor from Samsung Connects to your PC via USB

Apple Requires Device-Level Age Verification in the UK Now. Could the US Be Next?

Astronomers Say Recent Rash of Meteor Sightings ‘Warrants Serious Investigation’

Did AMD Just Make the Best CPU for Gamers and Creators?

AI Just One-Shotted Another CEO

6 Magic School Anime and Manga to Discover Instead of Thinking About ‘Harry Potter’ Ever Again

Unprecedented Images Show Sperm Whales Acting as Midwives to Help a Mom Give Birth

‘Butt Birth’-ing Rhinoceros from Ace Ventura Sequel Sold at Auction for a Whopping $60,000

The Ryan Gosling Sci-Fi Streak Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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